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He looked scared on the sidelines before the game started. To his credit, he went crazy efficient despite the horrible INT early. Then he missed on a long pass. Dude was great when SFs D could win it on their own. Mahomes exudes championship mentality. Jimmy G is a guy.
Congrats dude! Love this squad from coach to stud QB that is humble to a kicker named Butker....awesome to see.
Like I posted in the Garappolo thread, the thing I took away most from this was the decision to kick the field goal on fourth-and-two in KC territory. That expected win probability surprised me. It set them back -5 to kick. Wild.
Good read, but I would need to see the math on this one:
Intuitively going for it in that situation seems anti-percentage to me, although admittedly it's probably pretty close.
I thought he and Mahomes deserved it but everyone knows it will go to the QB. The NFL is looking for the next face of the league to replace Brady. Mahomes it is. Jackson will be chasing him.
Yes. I'd want to see the details on that as well.
Garappolo was still in bounds (at least 2 or 3 yards, right?) and had not given himself up. I don't think that was even a little bit close to a penalty. A push-out, even a hard oner? Totally legal.
I thought he did well. It's a really tough task. Not only that, but Chris and Erin are fantastic sideline reporters in what can obviously be a thankless job. They completely blow away everyone else including most notably Tafoya and Salters.
He was still in bounds but I thought he was closer to the sidelines. And it looked like he was going out of bounds on his own (not heading up field for more yardage), but my memory is fading with age. Maybe it looked worse than it was but I thought to myself that other QBs in that moment would have gotten the penalty.
Here's another look. I wish they had an up-the-sideline angle, though.
Thanks for this. I agree with you that if that's a WR or RB there is no call for unnecessary roughness. I guess I'm used to them protecting QBs when the hit really could have been avoided. It was a good no call after further review. Just not used to seeing them not flagging defenders for doing that to an NFL QB.
I thought it should not have been a flag. I also thought it was a stupid paly by the D.B. since it was unnecessary , did not effect the play or a first down or a T.D. and he did create a situation where the refs might have made a call. stupid.
This said year after year, but the post-Super Bowl hangover is real. It's hard even for the winning team ... but for the losing team, it messes with a team's psyche for a while.
Nah - I think the Niners were a year ahead of schedule. They’ve had holes in the secondary all year despite the high ranking, and for all his strengths, our DC seems to let off the gas at the worst possible times.
Except they had it - the receiver was open. It would have been a touchdown with a slightly better throw.
You can but you cannot make contact and prevent the offensive player from going back to catch the ball. The fact his head wasn't turned is not the cause of the penalty. The contact prior to the ball arriving is what caused the penalty.
Gotcha. In real time it looked like Kelce initiated the contact when he tried to come back for the ball. Wasn't really sure what the correct call was. Sounds like a smart move by Kelce to "force" the flag.
Indeed. The Kittle play could have been a huge momentum swing. The missed connection to Sanders could have gone a long way to salting the game away. Mahommes connection to Hill for 44 yards was a badly thrown duck, well short, and hung up in the air an amount of time making it a dangerous throw. The pass interference Kelce drew was a ball so badly underthrown the D.B. was shocked,. Momentum and luck were stalking that field. Who knows but that one timely play may have swung the whole thing.
I don't care enough to debate it, but even if they connected as a best case scenario, it was a decision that places the ball in the hands of KC's hot offense to determine the outcome. The two prior KC drives were:
I still don't think it was necessarily a badly thrown ball. The defender was in no position to make a play and the throw forced the DPI because Kelce had to stop and come back into the defender. A throw that leads Kelce may not have been able to be completed because it would have been easier for the defender to make a play without interfering. It would not surprise me if the throw was in that location on purpose to draw the penalty.
You score when given the chance. You cannot win if you don't take the lead and if there is someone open for a TD you take that over just getting the first down.
And yet, they didn't score. They didn't have a realistic chance at 4th and 10. Even had they connected, I'd have liked KCs odds of scoring in 1:30 with 3 TOs. I don't see a lot of upside in the playcall, but oh well, as mentioned it's just an opinion.
I believe in back shoulder throws or come backs on the sidelines. I don't believe in them on go routes. All that defender had to do was turn his head and he is in perfect position to intercept the ball. I don't think that throw was deliberate or strategy. I could well be wrong. You could well be right.
Especially when the whole team knows the coach simply doesn't trust the most important player on the field. Kudos to Mahomes and KC for sure, but that was a fairly monumental collapse. This one doesn't go away so easy.
